Published Apr 21, 2017
Tomato378
11 Posts
I have a B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy, barely had any science-related courses during undergrad. My GPA was 3.7 in first 2 years(school A) then 2.8 in last 2 years(school B). I'm working at residential facility for children with mental illnesses (approx. 2 years now).
So now, I decided to change my career and applied to nearby community college for pre-nursing. I first thought of doing ADN, which will take 3 years, including 1 year of taking pre-reqs, then maybe get a job as RN, and do 1+ year of online classes to get BSN to work in big hospitals. I wanted to work abroad(or do traveling nurse) or work at psychiatry dept. in big hospitals, so getting BSN is quite crucial.
But then, it will take way too long to even get ADN, and getting BSN online.. I never had a good experience/impression on online classes, so I don't know how it would be like.
Then I saw different degree path like, accelerated BSN program. I'd like to have a good learning experience, but at the same time, since I'm in my late 20s, I don't want to waste too much time just to get ADN degree in small community college.
I don't know, maybe I'm being impatient or naive. I don't have anyone around me who knows anything about these paths, so I want some advices, thoughts, comments from you.
FutureNurseInfo
1,093 Posts
Based on where you live, you may go for ADN if nearby hospitals still do hire ADN nurses. Also, research on all ABSN programs in 50 mile radius. If I were you, I would still go for ABSN.